All news on the topic: Labour Party

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Tory Greg Hands refusing to hand back £7,900 payout despite new job weeks later
The Tory Party Chairman received the taxpayer-funded payout when he was sacked as a business minister in September 2022, before returning to Government four weeks later
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'Tories putting up a fight would benefit Labour - complacency is a mortal enemy'
Kevin Maguire says Keir Starmer is aware the Labour Party must gain a mammoth 125 seats to secure a basic majority of one in Parliament - and knows he should not be complacent
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Tories 'risk pushing steel industry over the edge with Port Talbot deal'
The leader of the sector's biggest trade union has raised fears for its future following the controversial agreement over the plant, which will lead to 3,000 job cuts
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Anger in Israel and Gaza could 'very easily spin out of control'
Former Labour Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says the opening of the Rafah crossing into Egypt is important progress - but extracting British citizens held by Hamas will be very difficult
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No Tory seat is safe if Keir Starmer's by-election blockbuster is repeated
Polling expert Chris Curtis writes for the Mirror: No government has ever lost a seat as safe as Tamworth, while Labour’s victory in leafy Mid Bedfordshire illustrates how there aren’t any “no-go” areas for Kier Starmer’s party.
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Just Stop Oil eye Strictly for high-profile stunt as BBC bosses ramp up security
Protesters have discussed ways to interrupt the hit BBC One show as part of a campaign to step up the climate group’s action this autumn, prompting a security review
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Sky News' Kay Burley's Palestinian ambassador comments 'potentially misleading'
More than 1,500 complaints were made to Ofcom after Sky News anchor Kay Burley made 'potentially misleading' comments following the Hamas attack on Israel
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Gove and Rees-Mogg's seats at risk if Labour repeat by-election drubbing
New analysis of how the mammoth swing to Labour in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth might affect a nationwide poll found the Tories would be down to as few as 50 seats in the Commons
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Crisis for RAAC schools as Government won't put mobile classrooms on grass
Aylesford school in Warwick was forced to close 29 classrooms where RAAC is suspected to be present - but can’t be inspected because of asbestos - but they're only getting 9 mobile buildings after officials insisted on them being erected on hard surfaces only
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Georgia Harrison has 'serious conversation about running as Labour Party MP'
Former Love Island star Georgia Harrison has campaigned for better laws around image-based sexual violence following the conviction of her ex-partner, Stephen Bear
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'The country is willing Labour to victory - and willing the Tories to leave'
The scale of Labour’s achievement is remarkable - the swing to Labour in Tamworth is the second largest recorded at a by-election since the Second World War
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'Like Oscar-winners, Keir Starmer cleans up everything, everywhere all at once'
Labour made history with its double by-election victories - in Mid Bedfordshire, which Nadine Dorries won in 2019, it was the biggest majority ever overturned at a by-election
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This Morning star Matty Lock cause of death shared following inquest
Labour councillor and regular This Morning guest Matty Lock died in September this year, with ITV stars paying tribute to the teenager from Merseyside following the tragic news breaking
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Keir Starmer on path to landslide win bigger than 1997 after by-election wins
Boris Johnson's Partygate scandal - uncovered by the Mirror - and the Liz Truss mini-budget were blamed for driving Tory voters away amid two humiliating by-election defeats
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Starmer's message to Labour councillors as several quit over Israel-Gaza stance
In a letter to councillors the Labour leader said 'you have my word' the party will call for the immediate access of food, water, electricity and medicine to people on the Gaza Strip
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Billionaire BlackRock boss backs Keir Starmer saying Labour offers 'hope'
Multi-billionaire Larry Fink, who heads the Wall Street giant, praised the party leader for hauling Labour back to the centre ground of British politics following Jeremy Corbyn's premiership
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'Labour leadership fears unity starting to fray over Israeli-Hamas conflict'
'Amid claims that Labour’s support among Muslim communities is in free fall, Keir Starmer held a meeting with Labour council leaders on Monday to reassure them,' writes the Mirror's Jason Beattie
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Partner of Tory who told families to 'f*** off' wades into by-election row
Andrew Cooper, who is standing for the Conservatives in Tamworth, is facing questions about his suitability to be an MP after the Mirror uncovered one of his Facebook posts
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Labour's frontbencher says her family shop was repeatedly targeted by thieves
Shadow Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood vows to tackle shoplifting as she told The Mirror how her family was racially abused as the till was stolen from their shop when she was younger
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Former Tory minister campaigns for Labour's candidate in key by-election battle
Ex-Tory MP Anna Soubry said constituents in Mid Bedfordshire have the 'power' to deliver a 'shock' to British politics by voting for Labour's Alistair Strathern
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Wages rise at near record pace as inflation finally falls back
Wages are now rising faster than prices for the first time since October 2021, according to official figures
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Six Britons confirmed dead in Israel with 10 missing after Hamas terror attack
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak updated MPs on the latest details from the terrorist attack, telling 10 Britons were missing and some of those were feared dead following the carnage unleashed
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German politician tells UK to 'call us' for post-Brexit trade talks
Christian Lindner, German finance minister, has said that the UK has a 'standing invitation' on any future talks on reducing trade barriers or 'obstacles in daily business life'
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'Unease growing among Tories and Labour at plight of Palestinians in Gaza'
MPs on both sides of the divide are concerned that Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are not being forceful enough in urging restraint by Israel, writes Kevin Maguire
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Keir Starmer enjoying 'glitter-bomb bounce' with post-conference poll boost
One survey this weekend shows the party's lead over the Conservatives has increased to 16 points - up from 14 last week - while Keir Starmer's personal ratings are also on the rise